Graham Nash: The Everly Brothers Changed My Life

10/2/2013 4:18PM

Graham Nash, legendary singer-songwriter and author of the new book "Wild Tales," explains how meeting the Everly Brothers in the 1960 set the course for his long career in the music business. He talks with WSJ's Lee Hawkins in this excerpt from a longer interview.

This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.

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